Despite PennDOT data indicating that roving DUI police patrols are more effective than stationary checkpoints, “suspicionless” sobriety stops are not so unproductive as to be deemed constitutionally unreasonable, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled in a 4-2 decision.
In Commonwealth v. Beaman, PICS Case No. 05-1357 (Pa. Aug. 15, 2005) Saylor, J.; Nigro, J., dissenting (22 pages), a DUI offender who had been stopped at a Pittsburgh checkpoint had presented at trial the testimony of the manager of highway safety for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
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